Advance Aid

Disaster relief in Africa: All about creating local jobs

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:38:23 +0000

David Dickie of Advance Aid interviewed by Toby Webb CEO of Ethical Corporation regarding emergency relief materials , economic stimulation in Africa and how UK corporates can get involved.

http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5824&ContTypeID=61

ADVANCE AID TO SPEAK AT INTERNATIONAL AID + TRADE 2008

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:11 +0000

Advance Aid’s Director David Dickie has been invited to speak about ‘Strengthening Capacity in Disaster Response’ at Geneva’s International Aid + Trade Event from January 29th-30th, 2008.

The annual International Aid + Trade Event is where members of the humanitarian community from all over the world come together to share ideas and practical advice in order to increase the effectiveness of disaster relief provision and improve trade opportunities for disaster-affected countries.

You can find out more about the event here.

SPREAD THE WORD IN 2008!

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:43:46 +0000

Advance Aid is shining a light on a new way to save lives and increase trade within Africa. Here are some fun and useful things you can do to help:

- Vote for your favourite new marketing line for us here.
- Join our Facebook group Friends of Advance Aid.
- Spread the word about Advance Aid to your friends who work in Corporate Social Responsibility or in voluntary organisations who can help deploy aid; or who can provide money or expertise to enable African emergency supply manufacturers to learn new skills; or who are African suppliers who may want to become an Advance Aid partner. They can all find out more on our home page. Thanks!

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE STRAPLINE

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:01:36 +0000

We’ve spent this year getting Advance Aid up and running, and now we need your advice about the best strapline to go with our logo.

Advance Aid will change how emergency supplies for disaster relief are manufactured and located, saving more lives and stimulating African economies (which get the majority of aid, yet a tiny and decreasing share of world trade). Please read more about what we do in Our Work then vote for your favourite strapline out of the nine options in our poll.

Please choose the strapline you feel best encapsulates Advance Aid’s aims and is most catchy or memorable. If you have any alternative strapline suggestions, you can submit them on the same page. Thanks!

ADVANCE AID CONNECTS WITH FACEBOOK

admin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:23:03 +0000

Do you use Facebook? We’ve set up a Facebook group called ‘Friends of Advance Aid’ for everyone wanting to network and discuss African development challenges, international aid supplies, logistics and deployment, skills transfer work in Africa, corporate social responsibility and related topics. Please join in on Facebook here and let your friends know, too.

ADVANCE AID ATTENDS THE FRITZ INSTITUTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:27:28 +0000

Advance Aid attended the prestigious Fritz Institute annual Humanitarian Logistics Conference (HLC) in Geneva from April 23-27, with representatives from 35 other humanitarian organisations (pictured*).

The theme of the Conference was ‘Linking Logistics to Global Initiatives Through Capacity Building’. The HLC has become a venue for logisticians from humanitarian organisations around the world to discuss both the challenges facing their profession and the ways to address these challenges collaboratively. This year marked the fifth anniversary of Fritz Institute and the fifth HLC Conference. Discussions from the event will help Fritz Institute develop a roadmap for the next five years to facilitate more rapid and effective disaster response and recovery worldwide.

* Front Row (left to right):
Jeri Driskill, Fritz Institute; Desiree Bliss, Fritz Institute; Ramiro Lopes Da Silva, WFP; Birgitte Olsen, IFRC; Saban Buttanri, OSCE Vienna; Laura Rock Kopczak, MIT Zaragoza; Charlie Mason, Save the Children UK; Abdi Egeh, UNHCR; Caroline Loftus, Save the Children US; Mich Mizushima, Fritz Institute; Arnt Breivik, UNJLC; Jose Rovira Vilaplana, WHO; Fenneke Pak, IOM; Rob McConnell, Fleet Forum; Anisya Thomas, Fritz Institute; Vladimir Gvilava, IOM; Laszlo Viranyi, Mercy Corps; Nilesh Malpekar, Blue Star Iris Logic

Row 2 (left to right):
Joyce Albert, Fleet Forum; Isabelle de Muyser-Boucher, OCHA; Carsten Voelz, CARE International; Mike Pillinger, IOM; Paul Molinaro, UNICEF; Elaine Shapowal, Medair; Jacqui Gavin, DFID; Bernard Chomilier, WFP; Martijn Blansjaar, Oxfam GB; Martin Bush, IFRC

Row 3 (middle group):
Pablo Ibanez, ECHO; Steve Nsubuga, WFP; Sylvia Ermini, ECHO; Christophe Hambye, ICRC; Loic Cohen, CARE International; Pauli Immonen, Medair; Mike Goodhand, British Red Cross; Kaboor Ghenna, Fritz Institute; Marin Tomas, IMC; Dave Coddington, Catholic Relief Services; Mario-Lito Malanca, IOM; Rebecca Vince, Oxfam Australia; Tim Grimble, Merlin; Simon Lucas, Advance Aid; David Dickie, Advance Aid; Agnes Kalungu Banda, Talent Africa; George Fenton, World Vision International; Emma Maspero, CSIR South Africa; Anna Spindler, UNICEF; Andrea Friedman, Save the Children US; Sylvie Betemps Cochin, International Trade Centre; Didier Segui, MSF-Geneva; Laura Tiberi, FAO; Jean Ayoub, Fritz Institute

Back Row (left to right):
Eric Branckaert, UNJLC; Karim Bah, FAO; George Wachiuri, World Vision Somalia; Todd Horne, USAID; John Jung, World Vision; Martin Dalton, Concern

ADVANCE AID SPEAKS AT INTERNATIONAL AID + TRADE

admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:31:40 +0000

David Dickie and Simon Lucas of Advance Aid spoke at the International Aid + Trade annual event held in Geneva. Aid + Trade is an international forum bringing together key stakeholders from the humanitarian sector worldwide. David and Simon spoke about African Development Challenges with Edwin Laurent from the Commonwealth Secretariat. Read the report about their workshop here.